MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR
vs
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4


GPU comparison with benchmarks

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR has 5888 shader units and these clock a maximum of 1.73 GHz which results in an FP32 computing power of 20.31 TFLOPS.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has 384 shader units and these clock at a maximum of 1.38 GHz and achieve an FP32 computing power of 1.06 TFLOPS.

GPU

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR is equipped with a graphics chip of the Ampere architecture, which has 46 streaming multiprocessors.

The graphics card Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is based on the Pascal architecture and is equipped with 3 execution units.
MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR GPU Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3070 LHR Based on NVIDIA GeForce GT 1030 (DDR4)
GA104-302-A1 GPU Chip GP108-310-A1
Ampere Architecture Pascal
46 Streaming Multiprocessors 3
5888 Shader 384
96 Render Output Units 16
184 Texture Units 24
46 Raytracing Cores 0

Memory

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR is equipped with a 8 GB large GDDR6 graphics memory, which is equipped with 1.750 GHz clocks.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 has a 2 GB large DDR4 graphics memory and the memory clock is 1.050GHz.

8 GB Memory Size 2 GB
GDDR6 Memory Type DDR4
1.750 GHz Memory Clock 1.050 GHz
14.0 Gbps Memory Speed 2.1 Gbps
448 GB/s Memory bandwidth 17 GB/s
256 bit Memory Interface 64 bit

Clock Speeds

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR has a turbo clock of 1.725 GHz. The turbo frequency of the Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 1.379 GHz.

1.500 GHz Base Clock 1.151 GHz
1.725 GHz Boost Clock 1.379 GHz
Avg (Game) Clock
Yes Overclocking Yes

Thermal Design

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR has 1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin connectors through which it is supplied with power. The manufacturer specifies the maximum operating temperature of the graphics card as 93 °C.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is equipped with a PCIe power connector that supplies it with power. The maximum operating temperature of the card is 97 °C.

220 W TDP 30 W
250 W TDP (up) --
93 °C Tjunction max 97 °C
1 x 6-Pin, 1 x 8-Pin PCIe-Power

Cooler & Fans

The graphics processor and graphics memory of the MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR are cooled with a Air cooling.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is cooled by a Air cooling.

Axial Fan-Type Axial
2 x 90 mm Fan 1 1 x 50 mm
-- Fan 2 --
Air cooling Cooler-Type Air cooling
0 dB Noise (Idle) dB
41 dB Noise (Load) --

Connectivity

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR supports the downward compatible copy protection HDCP in version 2.3.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 supports HDCP in version 2.2 and all previous versions.

4 Max. Displays 3
2.3 HDCP-Version 2.2
1x HDMI v2.1 HDMI Ports 1x HDMI v2.0b
3x DP v1.4a DP Ports --
-- DVI Ports 1
-- VGA Ports --
-- USB-C Ports --

Featureset

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR supports the DirectX standard from Microsoft in version 12_2 (Ultimate).

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 supports Microsoft's DirectX version 12_1.

7680x4320 Max. resolution 4096x2160
12_2 (Ultimate) DirectX 12_1
Yes Raytracing No
Yes DLSS / FSR Yes
No LED lighting LED No LED lighting

Supported Video Codecs

This area lists which video codecs can be decoded or encoded by the graphics cards in hardware. As a result, the power consumption can be reduced due to a lower processor load.

Decode / Encode h264 Decode
Decode / Encode h265 / HEVC Decode
Decode AV1 No
Decode VP8 No
Decode VP9 Decode

Dimensions

The MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR is 43 mm wide and therefore needs the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the case.

The width of the Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 is 43 mm and thus requires the space of 1 PCIe-Slots in the PC case.

230 mm Length 135 mm
115 mm Height 69 mm
43 mm Width --
2 PCIe-Slots Width (Slots) 1 PCIe-Slots
624 g Weight --
PCIe 4.0 x 16 GPU Interface PCIe 3.0 x 4

Additional data

Manufactured using the 8 nanometer process, MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR was released in Q2/2021.

The Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 published in Q1/2018 is manufactured with a structure width of 14 nanometers.

-- Part-no 426018336-4085
Q2/2021 Release date Q1/2018
529 $ Launch Price 79 $ (Reference)
8 nm Structure size 14 nm
data sheet Documents data sheet

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Benchmark results

3DMark Benchmark (DirectX, Raytracing)

3DMark is a benchmark program that determines the performance of certain components of a computer and then reports the performance as a numerical value.

Time Spy Extreme Graphics score

Port Royal (Raytracing)

Speed Way Graphics Score (Raytracing)

Cyberpunk 2077

Cyberpunk 2077 was developed by CD Projekt Red and is based on the development studio's own REDengine 4. Ray tracing is switched off in our benchmarks.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

The Last of Us Part 1

The Last of Us Part One is a game released by Sony in June 2013 exclusively for the Playstation and released for the PC in early 2023. The benchmark values here were determined at high details.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

1920x1080 (1080p)

Battlefield 5

Battlefield 5 is a visually stunning game that is ideal as a graphics card benchmark. We test the game with maximum details on Windows 10.

3840x2160 (2160p)

2560x1440 (1440p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
140 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
16 fps (avg)

1920x1080 (1080p)

MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR MSI GeForce RTX 3070 Twin Fan 8G LHR
8 GB GDDR6
186 fps (avg)
Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4 Gainward GeForce GT 1030 DDR4
2 GB DDR4
21 fps (avg)

Geekbench 6 (OpenCL, Vulkan, Metal)

Geekbench 6 is a cross-platform benchmark for main processors, which also carries out 3 different graphics benchmarks and outputs them in the form of a numerical value.

Geekbench 6 - OpenCL

Geekbench 6 - Vulkan

FP32 Performance (Single-precision TFLOPS)

The theoretical computing power of the graphics card with single precision (32 bit) in TFLOPS indicates how many trillion FP32 floating point operations the graphics card (GPU) can perform per second.

FP32 (TFLOPS)

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